“I would like to see people who need health care be able to get it. But the people who don’t need it shouldn’t have to buy it. I don’t feel like I need it, so I don’t want to have to buy it, and I don’t want to be taxed for it.”
Jared Stephens, 23, Dayton
“For the most part, I definitely agree with Obama’s health care plan, but there should be more of an option in it, with different levels so that if I’m making this much, this is the health care you get, so people at the younger end of the spectrum, who don’t need all that health care, they’re not paying as much if they’re not earning as much. They should tailor it per the generations.”
Colleen Wells, 63, Springboro
“What I know about Obamacare scares me to death. I think there’s a happy medium between Obamacare and what we need. I can’t believe no one can figure it out. I don’t think it’s fair they’re burdening small businesses with health care. It’s keeping my son, who owns a small business, from wanting to hire more people because he doesn’t know what he’s going to be taxed with.”
Asia White, 26, Dayton
“As a single parent who works part-time, I qualify for Medicaid. It does play a major role for me. As long as the Democratic Party continues to see fit that low-income families can afford health care, then I’m definitely for that. If the other party would make known that it has a better option, I’d be forced to weigh my options. If I was middle class, then I could afford to have a different option, but right now, I can’t.”
Beverly Rowell, 49, Dayton
“I would like to see our health care patterned after Canada or even Great Britain, where it’s available for everyone, especially for people with pre-existing conditions, who find so many problems getting coverage, and people with mental illnesses. I think it’s the greatest shame in this country that people who are suffering from mental illness are not getting the help they need are are being put in jail rather than getting the help they need.”
Evan Patrick, 25, Xenia
“Well, I’d like them to not screw it up, to tell you the truth. I don’t necessarily think health care should be free. I think it’s one of those things you work for, like food. I think you should save up and pay for it, and get it. It’s pretty simple and cut-and-dried. The other countries, they have health care and they send their kids to college. It’s really a pity. It’s a shame. We’re supposed to be a superpower, we’re supposed to be one of the big boys, and we don’t take care of our people. We don’t take care of their health problems.”
Gerald May Sr., 62, of Springfield
“I’m not supportive of [the health care law]. I own my own business so I pay for insurance out of my pocket. I pay for insurance every month and then there’s a huge deductible. Anything that’s routine is outrageously expense. It has made it worse.”
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